A novel that examines Bosnian history from the sixteenth century to the First World War through the desperate lives and deaths of generations of a family entusted with the care of a bridge built during the Ottoman Empire.
Presents a study of how bridges have been built over the centuries beginning with ancient Roman bridges and aqueducts, arched bridges, and suspension bridges, and describes great bridge disasters such as the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
Contains more than three hundred alphabetized entries on important bridges and tunnels worldwide, designers and engineers, bridge types, and engineering principles, techniques, and innovations.
Provides a look at construction as a career, examines the advantages and dangers of the work, discusses how to prepare for a construction job, and includes safety advice.
Uses question and answer format with pictures to explain elements and principles of structural engineering, the field that includes the design and construction of bridges, tunnels, and buildings. Shows how readers can build their own structures to scale.
Although it will mean that their father can no longer make a living running a ferry boat, thirteen-year-old Mark and his brother Luke are excited about the building of a five-mile bridge across the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan in 1957.
the science and art of the world's most inspiring structures
Blockley, D. I
2010
Discusses the design and construction of bridges throughout the history of the world; explaining the principles of physics for beams, arches, trusses, and other supporting elements; and describes the risks and challenges faced by the engineers of bridges.
